49 Bible Verses about Mercy

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.

O LORD, I have heard the report of you, and your work, O LORD, do I fear. In the midst of the years revive it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

"O Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a byword among all who are around us.

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.

keeping steadfast love for thousands,forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

My steadfast love I will keep for him forever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'

For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.

The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.

These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved.

The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side.

"LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.

Do you know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge,

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

"The LORDdealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. For all his rules were before me, and from his statutes I did not turn aside. read more.
I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt. And the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in his sight. "With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

So the LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. With the merciful you show yourself merciful; with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness.

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the LORD.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man."

"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."

As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?" He answered, "You shall not strike them down. Would you strike down those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.

To the contrary, "if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns away from evil.

For you, O God, have heard my vows; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name. Prolong the life of the king; may his years endure to all generations! May he be enthroned forever before God; appoint steadfast love and faithfulness to watch over him!

I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."' And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity."

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.

The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love; teach me your statutes!

For your steadfast love is great above the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.

But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,

Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

He is ever lending generously, and his children become a blessing.

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

He said to David, "You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

Behold, this day your eyes have seen how the LORD gave you today into my hand in the cave. And some told me to kill you, but I spared you. I said, 'I will not put out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.' See, my father, see the corner of your robe in my hand. For by the fact that I cut off the corner of your robe and did not kill you, you may know and see that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you hunt my life to take it. May the LORD judge between me and you, may the LORD avenge me against you, but my hand shall not be against you. read more.
As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes wickedness.' But my hand shall not be against you.

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.

the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever was done there, he was the one who did it. The keeper of the prison paid no attention to anything that was in Joseph's charge, because the LORD was with him. And whatever he did, the LORD made it succeed.

He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."

And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. (Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.) And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, "Please show us the way into the city, and we will deal kindly with you." And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go. read more.
And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.

"So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God."

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he has mercy upon us.